More than 200 people armed with rakes and scoops were out looking for aquatic invasive species last weekend. The volunteers were collecting data for use by the River Alliance of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Pollution cleanup continues in the Milwaukee harbor, which is one of about 40 toxic hot spots around the Great Lakes. But according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, it isn't sure when the work will be finished.

The 2016 VOTER Survey, also called the Views of the Electorate Research Survey, found most respondents believed a person's civic beliefs were far more important in determining whether or not they were American than one's racial, ethnic or religious background.

Altoona Police Officer Edward Bell grew up in Germany and moved to the U.S. in 2010 to become a police officer. He noticed that law enforcement officers in Wisconsin and in Germany deal with many of the same problems, but with much different approaches. So, he decided to organize an...

Wisconsin is one of two states in the country without a finalized budget. We speak with WPR State Capitol Reporter Laurel White about what's holding up the budget and the impact the proposed Foxconn deal could have the state's fiscal plan.

Nationally, the number of high school athletes is growing at record levels, but numbers are flat in Wisconsin. Wisconsin ranks 14th in the United States for overall high school sports participation with 183,044 athletes in the 2016-17 school year, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations.

Wisconsin has been the nation's leading producer of frac sand used in hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas for the last five years. But this year companies have focused their energy on developing sand mines in Texas.

Several cities in Wisconsin have been exploring bike share programs in the past several years, and more communities may sign on as emerging technology reduces the capital investment required to launch bike share systems.